2024 COSAFA Under-17 Championship

The 2024 COSAFA Under-17 Championship is the 12th edition of the COSAFA U-17 Championship, a youth football tournament organized by the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA) involving teams from Southern Africa for players aged 17 and below. Mozambique will host of tournament from 4–15 December 2024. This competition will serve as the COSAFA qualifiers for the 2025 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.

2024 COSAFA Under-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMozambique
Dates5–14 December 2024
Teams12
Venue(s) (in 1 host city)
2022
2026

Zambia are the defending champion, by defeating South Africa 2–1 in the final on 11 December 2022.[1]

Participating nations

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The following twelve teams are contesting in the tournament.

Teams Appearance Best Performance
  Angola
  Botswana 9 Third place (2002)
  Malawi 11 Champions (2001)
  Comoros
  Eswatini
  Mauritius
  Mozambique 6 Runners-up (1994, 2019)
  Lesotho
  Namibia 7 Champions (2016)
  South Africa 11 Champions (1994, 2002, 2020)
  Zambia 11 Champions (2017, 2019, 2022)
  Zimbabwe

Venue

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Draw

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The draw was held on 5 September 2024 at 11:00 CET (UTC+2) at Maputo.The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams, with hosts Mozambique seeded in Group A (position A1), the defending champions Zambia seeded in Group B (position B1) and South Africa seeded in Group C (position C1). The remaining 9 teams were allocated to two pots based on the results of the previous tournament edition and were drawn to the remaining positions.[2]

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Mozambique (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2   Malawi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible Semi-finals
3   Lesotho 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Angola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Zambia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2   Namibia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible Semi-finals
3   Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Eswatini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: [citation needed]

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals
2   Botswana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible Semi-finals
3   Comoros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Mauritius 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: TBD. Source: [citation needed]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Eusebio brace seals Region 5 Games gold for Angola". www.cosafa.com. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Draws concluded in Maputo for Under-20 and Under-17 competitions". Council of Southern Africa Football Associations. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.